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2017 Summer Deaflympics

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XXIII Summer Deaflympics
Host citySamsun, Turkey
MottoOur voice is sport
(Turkish: Sesimiz Spor)
Nations86
Athletes2,873
Events219 in 18 sports
OpeningJuly 18, 2017
ClosingJuly 30, 2017
Opened byRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Athlete's OathÖmer Otamış
Torch lighterErtuğrul Bursa
Main venueSamsun 19 Mayıs Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 2017 Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 23'üncü Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017.[1] 3,148 athletes from 97 countries competed in 18 sports with 21 disciplines.[2][3] 86 records were broken with 54 being world records and 32 being Deaflympics records.[4]

The 23rd Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 6 to 18 October 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, but was decided to host it in 2017 due to the schedule of 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sports

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2017 Summer Deaflympics offered 18 Sports including Golf which made its debut.[5]

Venues

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The largest venue at the games in terms of seating capacity was the 33,919 -seat Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, which served as the ceremonies venue.[2][6][7][8][9]

Venue Location Sport
İlkadım Athletics Stadium İlkadım Athletics
Bafra Sports Hall Bafra Badminton
Bahattin Ekinci Sports Hall Tekkeköy Basketball
Yaşar Doğu Sport Hall Tekkeköy Basketball, Closing ceremony
İlkadım Beach Volleyball Court İlkadım Beach volleyball
Samsun Bowling Hall İlkadım Bowling
19 Mayıs District Ondokuzmayıs Cycling
Canik 19 Mayıs Stadium Canik Football
Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Tekkeköy Opening ceremony
Çarşamba Stadium Çarşamba Football
Bafra Stadium Bafra Football
Samsun Golf Course Atakum Golf
Çarşamba Sports Hall Çarşamba Handball
Atatürk Sports Hall Canik Judo
Karate
Taekwondo
Mountain Bike Trail Ondokuz Mayıs University Mountain bike
Orienteering venues:
Tekkekoy,
City center,
Bayraktepe,
Kocadag,
Kabadüz,
Yenikoy
Samsun Orienteering
Bafra Shooting Range Bafra Shooting
Atakum Olympic Swimming Pool Atakum Swimming
Archery Sports Hall İlkadım Table tennis
Samsun Tennis Club Canik Tennis
Hasan Doğan Sports Hall Canik Volleyball
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall İlkadım Volleyball
Kavak Sports Hall Kavak Wrestling

Participating National Deaf Sports Associations

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logo of the 2016 Summer Deaflympics which would have been hosted in Rio de Janeiro but the city withdrew and the event was postponed until 2017 in Samsun.

A total of 97 National Deaf Sports Associations from all over the world participated in the Games. This was the highest number of nations in any edition before. Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali made their debut at the games.[10]

Participating National Deaf Sports Associations
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Cakir, the games' official mascot.

The logo of the games is a combination of the elements of The Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, deaf communication, Samsun Pheasant Bird, Turkish Tulip, Peace and Friendship.[11]

Mascot

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The official mascot of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics was unveiled on June 13, 2017. It represents a local male resident wearing regional outfit. The name of the mascot was chosen as "Çakır" (literally "greyish blue") following a voting on the official website of the Deaflympics.[12][13]

Torch relay

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The Deaflympic Torch was brought from Lausanne, Switzerland to Batı Park in Samsun by the Turkish Olympic champion in wrestling, Taha Akgül. The torch relay began with lighting of the torches of the Turkish sportspeople as "Olympic ambassadors", the footballers Gökhan Gönül and Sabri Sarıoğlu, world-record holder female diver Şahika Ercümen and television host Ece Vahapoğlu. Led by the Minister of Youth and Sports Akif Çağatay Kılıç, they marched to the Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall, where the torch was handed over to the mayor of the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz.[14]

Calendar

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This is currently based on the schedule released by the official website of the Games.[15]

All dates are Turkish Time (UTC+3)
OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
July 18th
Tue
19th
Wed
20th
Thu
21st
Fri
22nd
Sat
23rd
Sun
24th
Mon
25th
Tue
26th
Wed
27th
Thu
28th
Fri
29th
Sat
30th
Sun
Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Athletics 4 8 7 3 5 6 10 43
Badminton 1 5 6
Basketball 2 2
Bowling 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 12
Cycling Road cycling 2 2 2 2 10
Mountain biking 2
Football 2 2
Golf 2 2
Handball 1 1
Judo 7 8 2 17
Karate 8 6 4 18
Orienteering 2 1 2 2 2 9
Shooting 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 12
Swimming 7 6 7 6 7 7 40
Table tennis 2 1 2 2 7
Taekwondo 5 4 4 13
Tennis 3 2 5
Volleyball Beach volleyball 2 4
Indoor volleyball 2
Wrestling 4 4 4 4 16
Daily medal events 3 16 27 16 10 28 30 22 14 23 24 6 219
Cumulative total 3 19 46 62 72 100 130 152 166 189 213 219
July 18th
Tue
19th
Wed
20th
Thu
21st
Fri
22nd
Sat
23rd
Sun
24th
Mon
25th
Tue
26th
Wed
27th
Thu
28th
Fri
29th
Sat
30th
Sun
Total
events


Medals

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This is the table of the medal count of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Deaf Sports Association (NDSA). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IOC, the CISS itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.

Final medal table:[16][17][18]

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

2017 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)855361199
2 Ukraine (UKR)21423699
3 South Korea (KOR)18201452
4 Turkey (TUR)*1772246
5 China (CHN)1491134
6 Japan (JPN)691227
7 Iran (IRI)592034
8 Venezuela (VEN)55818
9 Kenya (KEN)55616
10 United States (USA)53816
11 Belarus (BLR)49316
12 Chinese Taipei (TPE)45817
13 Germany (GER)45312
14 Great Britain (GBR)3159
15 Slovakia (SVK)2226
16 Greece (GRE)2125
17 Cuba (CUB)2103
18 Czech Republic (CZE)2024
19 Thailand (THA)2002
20 Lithuania (LTU)15713
21 Italy (ITA)13812
22 Poland (POL)13711
23 Croatia (CRO)1326
24 France (FRA)1269
25 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1157
26 India (IND)1135
27 Switzerland (SUI)1102
28 Brazil (BRA)1045
29 Norway (NOR)1012
 Singapore (SGP)1012
31 Latvia (LAT)1001
 Mexico (MEX)1001
33 Mongolia (MGL)0459
34 Georgia (GEO)0213
35 South Africa (RSA)0202
36 Armenia (ARM)0145
37 Indonesia (INA)0112
 Portugal (POR)0112
39 Ecuador (ECU)0101
 Malaysia (MAS)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
42 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0044
43 Bulgaria (BUL)0033
44 Austria (AUT)0011
 Egypt (EGY)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Israel (ISR)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (51 entries)219219294732

References

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  1. ^ "Games – Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  2. ^ a b "23'üncü Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları açılış seremonisi ile başladı". NTV (in Turkish). 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. ^ Samsun Deaflympics 2017 Has Ended
  4. ^ A Month after the 2017 Deaflympics
  5. ^ "Sports – Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  6. ^ Bulletin Orienteering 3
  7. ^ Bulletin Orienteering 1-2
  8. ^ Samsun Deaflympics 2017 Has Ended
  9. ^ Deaflympics off to magnificent start
  10. ^ "Samsun 2017".
  11. ^ "Logo and branding (Corporate)".
  12. ^ "Olimpiyat Maskotunun Adı Belli Oldu". Tekkköy Gündem (in Turkish). 2017-06-13. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  13. ^ Voting for the name of the mascot of Deaflympics
  14. ^ "Olımpiyat Elçilerinin Samsun Coşkusu" (in Turkish). Deaflympics 2017. 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  15. ^ "Schedule". 2017 Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  16. ^ "Medals". Deaflympics 2017. 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  17. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun Results". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  18. ^ "Medal standings" (PDF).
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Preceded by Summer Deaflympic Games
Samsun

XXIII Summer Deaflympics (2017)
Succeeded by